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Splendid puts top Australian cricketers Shane Watson, Stuart Clarke and Michael Hussey (aka ‘Mr Cricket’) through the paces on the set of Johnnie Walker’s latest TV commercial at Brisbane’s iconic Gabba cricket ground.
The Beijing Olympics Broadcast Committee recruits Splendid’s own Suzanne Scrimgour to look after 200 commentators and TV crew during the Opening Ceremony and manage crew at the tennis venue of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Splendid launches Smirnoff Black Screenings and brings old Hollywood glamour to Chelsea, kicking off with a screening of Casablanca
Splendid and Oz Clarke launch the UK's first wine self-storage facility at Big Yellow's flagship store in Fulham
Splendid uses eye-catching ambient media to drive traffic to www.thewayin.com.au, a treasure hunt for tickets to the biggest free party in Australia
Splendid brings World Square in Sydney to a standstill with 'Dung'-themed lawn bowls for the launch of the new game for mobile and PC from Big Pond
Splendid re-creates Rodin's iconic statue 'The Kiss' using Lovers' Marmite to promote the limited edition product on Valentine's Day
Splendid creates a Father Christmas fitness programme for Bluewater Shopping Centre, to set a healthy example to children
Our national campaign for Smirnoff showcases the most mixed-up and original entertainment in nightlife
Splendid promotes geek chic at London Fashion Week, as Geek Squad enables fabulous technology for fashionistas
With toast as the canvas, Splendid challenges the nation to create art using the spread we either love or hate
After 100 years of spinning the platters that matter, a Splendid campaign wishes happy birthday Mr. DJ!
England flop at the World Cup (again) and Splendid leads the nation's ranting with Peperami Fanimal
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Posted By: Naomi
One of the most amazing things I have seen for a long time, Roger Hiorns has transformed a derelict 1970s council flat into a magical crystal grotto by pumping gallons and gallons of copper sulphate through the ceiling and allowing science to take its course in Artangel's latest site-specific project. The result is resplendent blue wonderland – slightly disturbing but strangely beautiful.
Extended til 30 November
Between Elephant & Castle and Borough tube stations, 151 – 189 Harper Road, London SE1
Click here to download detailed directions, travel and access information for Seizure.
Posted By: Naomi
This Splendid Loves is particularly relevant as it is for a production currently showing in London, but going to Sydney in a few weeks!
Current holder of both the Laurence Oliver and Evening Standard’s ‘Best New Play’ awards, A Disappearing Number is based on the early twentieth century collaboration between a Cambridge mathematician and a prodigal Indian scholar. Yes, it is about maths, but it also brings together different cultures, times, places and principally ideas and our relentless compulsion to understand. A spectacular production weaves together these themes using both audiovisual and multimedia techniques in a moving and thought-provoking theatrical triumph.
Barbican: 10 October 2008 - 1 November 2008
Sydney Opera House: Wednesday 19 November 2008
Posted By: Mark
This weekend the clocks go back which means 1 hour of weekend absolutely FREE.
Now, we all know TIME = MONEY
So, free MONEY this weekend!!
As well as that, we have put together a crunched-out selection of money-themed tracks to soundtrack these ‘uncertain times’.
Compiled by Mark “I Aint Been Paid” Slade and Nick “all the Money” Griffiths
......Special shout out to G: Put a few shrimps on the barbie for us old boy. Bon voyage.
www.MakeaTape.com
Posted By: Nick
After August Bank Holiday's birthday celebrations with Soft Rocks ended with a floor full of revellers chowing down on cake (let them, indeed), LIVING IN A DISCO returns to the East End's finest music boozer The Star for another installment of sickly sweet riot-in a-rub-a-dub abandon.
Headlining the proceedings will be a live show courtesy of four-piece Glaswegian outfit ERRORS. Whilst a few vintage synthesizers can be bought off of eBay, catchy, cinematic synth-laden belters are harder - nay, impossible - to purchase. ERRORS must have nabbed a load then, coz they have them in abundance.
Vice Magazine summed them up quite well as: "Totally top notch fuzzy guitar stuff meets proper sub-bass, zoop zoop noises and electrotech touches in a delicate, hard-to-pull-of mix". They'll be supported by resident selectors Mr Lip, Pablo, Dr Astroturf and Squarks throwing down astro-electroid bangers, disco gleamers and future house party classics.
ERRORS live
Mr Lip
Dr Astroturf
Pablo
Squarks
Saturday 25th October
9-2
£5 (free before 9)
Star of Bethnal Green
359 Bethnal Green Road
Join the Facebook group and check out pictures from the cake-tastic birthday party or visit www.myspace.com/livinginadisco
Posted By: Alec
Breaking Bad on FX, the station that brought Dexter to the UK and ran five series of The Wire, comes up trumps again.
The show stars Bryan Cranston as Walter White, who is a struggling high school chemistry teacher with a handicapped child and pregnant wife. When the already tense White is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, he breaks down and turns to a life of crime, setting up meth lab in a desire to secure his family's future financial security.
You can see Breaking Bad Sunday and Tuesday nights at 22:00 on FX Sky Digital Channel 164 or on Virgin Media Channel 179.
Posted By: Naomi
Working at the crossroads between architecture, sculpture and performance, Canada-based artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is well known for developing large-scale installations in public spaces. His work encourages both social interaction and audience participation through the use of new technologies, and invite the audience to question political issues of surveillance and information ownership.Later this month, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer will also host an interactive video installation Under Scan at Trafalgar Square 15- 23 November 2008 (daily from dusk until midnight), with portraits projected into the shadow of passers-by making them appear to come alive.
Posted By: Naomi
New development just opened right behind King's Cross combines art gallery, restaurant & bars backing onto the canal, and a concert hall – the first new concert hall in London for 25 years!
To celebrate the opening Kings Place has been hosting five days of concerts, talks, spoken word performances, films and visual arts events, with a whole programme of further events scheduled ongoing.
Kings Place is also the new home of Guardian and Observer newspapers, and two of London’s finest orchestras (London Sinfonietta and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment)
Posted By: Ben
This is an interesting micro trend picked up by Times Online.
Best example is the artist formerly known as Puff Daddy's Bad Boy Records YouTube channel, which also features his new Ciroc ad - check him out channelling Frank Sinatra.
http://au.youtube.com/user/BadBoyRecords
Posted By: Naomi
The most talked about must-see exhibition of the year.
A fine selection of Mark Rothko’s later ‘series’ on display, and also an in-depth analysis of how the artist achieved specific effects, with layer upon layer of feathery brushstrokes in multiple different paint media.
Possibly the closest to ‘spiritual’ art gets…
Now through February 2009 at the Tate Modern
Posted By: Celia
Matter, London's newest purpose-built music hall, opened at the weekend. With a mixed bag of style-conscious Londoners, up-for-it dance heads and Fabric faithful, the venue is set to be the capital's next big thing. The O2 venue can hold 2,600 people across three levels with balconies and bridges overlooking the main room's kinetic dancefloor and impressive stage for showcasing live acts.
The safe hands of Yousef warmed the crowd up for the legendary Carl Cox, who took to the decks for his last London set for 2008. This was a monumental opening weekend for a club that will be dubbed London's Space.
Posted By: Gary
Everyone knows that concept cars are fruits of imagination pushing the boundaries of auto design into the future. Those clever students at Royal College of Art have tasked themselves with designing cars with alternative energy solutions – i.e., ones that run on things like electricity.
These designs will influence the cars you drive tomorrow. RCA has been teaching vehicle design for more than 40 years and its alumni include big-name designers at Ford, Mazda, Volvo and other companies. An RCA grad has probably worked on the car you're driving now, even if it isn't made of glass.
Check out the article on Wired.com.
Posted By: Naomi
A website created by Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher asks ordinary people to complete out-of-the-ordinary assignments - with extraordinary results.
In a world obsessed with "reality" programming, this collaborative public art project offers a refreshing take on how actual people think, act, and love. Completed assignments are posted on the website; to date, more than 5,000 people have participated in the project - artists and non-artists of all ages, from New York to North Carolina, and from Tel Aviv to Rio de Janeiro.
Also worth checking our Miranda July’s book of short stories: No One Belongs Here More Than You. The same quirky view on the world as seen in her film Me and You and Everyone We Know, with great compassion and generosity July reveals the idiosyncrasies, vulnerability, longing, and odd logic that govern everyday lives, creating a deliriously hopeful universe where strangers hug and students swim across the kitchen floor.
www.mirandajuly.comPosted By: Shirin
We are giddy with anticipation for the £30 Diesel jeans sale on Friday 10 October to celebrate the brand's 30th birthday...
Posted By: Shirin
Social Suicide is anything but. We recently came across this maverick men’s label showing their wares at a Shoreditch House vernissage. They’ve woven storytelling into the rich fabrics of their winter Anthology range, taking inspiration from 50 years of true Brit style:
“The Teddies, Mods, Rockers, Skinheads, Punks, Rudies and Dandies have all played their part, contributing fabrics, detailing and stories to create some stunning contemporary suits, jackets, jeans and overcoats – as usual, complimented by their shirts, sweaters, socks, ties and suspenders.”
The beauty’s in the detail – as subtle as red stitching on a button hole or as bold as a gun embroidered on a pinstriped pocket. The result is a wearable concept. Bring on the women’s line…
Posted By: Mark
Now playing: Top 20 Original Hip Hop Breaks (selected by Alec Samways)Posted By: Manon
This Italian architect has recently designed interiors of Valentino and De Beers and is a Royal Designer for Industry in London.
Posted By: Lucy Sta.
BBH New York have teamed with Warner Brothers Music to launch a new Oasis album using a cunning bit of branded entertainment/content. The band will meet with around 20 of the best street musicians in New York to teach them tracks from the soon-to-be-released album. These guys will then spread out across the city, tucked away in their usual haunts (subway stops, Central Park, Times Square etc) and play their newly learnt musical pieces to the public. Music video directors The Malloy Brothers will shoot the event to create a full length documentary.
Posted By: Manon
It’s all about being European, or being surrounded by them. Sentosa Villas and sunset cocktails at Ku De Ta in Seminyak.
BaliPosted By: Emma G
A definite must see installation, this enormous inflatable structure located at Clapham Common has more than100 brightly coloured compartments, glowing like a disco ball. For extra effect, you can wander around the crazy space in a coloured cape. On the weekends, musicians perform at various points within the structure. A colourful experience you won't forget in a hurry.
Until Sep 21, Clapham Common, SW4 9BS
Posted By: Nick
Splendid Nick’s Shoreditch club night returns for end-of-summer knees-up with: Gucci Soundsystem (DFA), The Maccabees DJs, Good Shoes DJs, Mr Lip, Pablo and Li.
We could talk about how Gucci Soundsystem created the definitive no-wave pop-up disco Druzzis which has seen most of the electro dynasty pass through its doors throughout its beautifully sporadic life. Then we could rant about liaisons with LCD Soundsystem and the DFA shack-up that ensued. But let's not go there.
Groove-laden guitars + acid + proto x cowbell = house party dynamite that packs a (spiked) punch. Upstairs in the bar is about Maccabees' Orlando and Good Shoes' Rhys sorting out who can best pull it off as a deejay. LIAD rezzies Mr Lip, Li and Pablo play the less busy bits.
AAAAND... if any of you picked up a LIAD badge last time, show it on entry for an all-night concession price of a fiver.
Friday 26th September. Last Days Of Decadence. 145 Shoreditch High Street, E1 6JE
Doors: 9-3
£5 Before 10, £7 After
www.myspace.com/livinginadiscoPosted By: Natalie
A t-shirt that has a rubber bottle opener sewn into it. The company also promotes responsible drinking.www.tanked.com.au
Posted By: Lucy St.
Canadian wireless company Fido became the first company in the country to use Flogos when it promoted the Fido Sessions. Flogos combine helium and air to create an environmentally harmless cloud-like effect that can be molded to any shape.YouTube
Posted By: Ece
A smart and genuinely conversation provoking question: Which films would you recommend to future generations? Help the BFI celebrate 75 years of film & TV culture by joining the debate. Vote on the BFI website and the most popular films will be shown at the BFI and cinemas throughout the UK.
I like it. And I like scary films...
Posted By: Niki
Refurbished about year ago, it has a welcoming feel that is matched by the friendly staff. Great food and proof you don’t need to go to a poncy Central London bar for a great Mojito. Outdoor space for sunshine and toasty fires and sofas for winter. And best of all…dogs are welcome! They’ll even give you a bowl of water for your pooch.
Posted By: Liz
Watch all the best US and UK TV series by streaming them online. Our particular favourites are Californication and Dexter for those that might have missed them!
A must for back to back viewing on a rainy day…
joox.net
Posted By: Naomi
Shopping doesn’t always have to involve buying more unnecessary stuff. The newly-opened ‘School of Life’ hosts intellectuals, such as Alain de Botton, advising clients who have been too busy making money on ways to improve their social and cultural skills. Founded by Sophie Howarth, a former curator of Tate Modern, who claims the school will act "as a travel agent for the mind."
The shop is a new cultural enterprise offering intelligent instruction on how to lead a fulfilled life. It offers evening and weekend courses, holidays to unexpected locations, stigma-free psychotherapy, secular sermons, conversation meals, a floating faculty of experts and a new kind of literary consultancy service called bibliotherapy.
The faculty is made up of some of the brightest thinkers and artists at work today. They include Alain de Botton, Geoff Dyer, Susan Elderkin, Tom Hodgkinson, Brett Khar, Robert Macfarlane and Martin Parr.
At the back of the shop a door leads through to an extraordinary underground classroom created by artist Charlotte Mann. This is where regular evening and weekend courses are hosted exploring the five central themes of our lives - work, play, family, politics and love. The experiences of this remarkable faculty are combined with insights from important thinkers of the past to offer a unique combination of wit and wisdom around questions of everyday living.
A new cultural enterprise based in offering intelligent instruction on how to lead a fulfilled life.
Never has shopping been more stimulating or fulfilling!
Posted By: Clare
In the tradition of Sonny of Cher, Adelaide husband and wife duo Lovers Electric deliver electro pop with an 80s twist in their debut album, launched in Australia this week. “What Ever You Want” available on the Australian iTunes store.
Posted By: Shirin
Not blind dates between tuxedo-clad birds, but rather a new dating concept for book lovers. It’s Penguin Dating, the latest social media moxie from publishing house Penguin, who have joined up with dating site Match.com to bring together like-minded bookworms.
These guys know what they’re digi-doing. In addition to building a strong online presence by blogging, podcasting, Twittering and Facebooking, they’ve also created spaces for niche communities to play with teenage book portal Spinebreakers, a wikinovel and digital writing project We Tell Stories.
If it’s anything like their previous efforts, Penguin’s new dating community will be a rousing success. They’ve already made their first love connection. (With us…call us!)
www.penguindating.co.ukPosted By: Alec
Don't try this at home, especially if you live in a tower block. Check out some stunning images from this Chinese artist. Expect the Shoreditch take on this from our very own Nick 'I Believe I Can Fly' Griffiths soon.
http://www.hemmy.net/2008/04/19/the-impossible-art-of-li-wei/
Posted By: Shirin
Silence is not very common here at Splendid. If it’s not a boisterous brainstorm, it’s a battle of the iPods (plugged into speakers). So we’re a little beguiled by the concept of poetic silence. In fact, we quite like the thought of being lulled into a meditative state by staring at a painting—as opposed to a flashing computer screen with two YouTube videos, Outlook, three Power Point presentations and seven Google windows open.
Sorry, we got carried away. We’re referring, of course, to the first Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) retrospective in the UK at the Royal Academy of Arts, which features ‘over 60 paintings spanning the career of this celebrated Danish artist.’ Showing until 7 September 2008.
Vilhelm Hammershøi and the Poetry of Silence
Posted By: Lloyd
Quite simply Sydney’s best pizzeria and now, thanks to Time Out, the secret is officially out (it’s been listed as the number 1 pizza restaurant in the city). Well worth a look if you’re in the Darlinghurst area.
Posted By: Naomi
Inspirational, breathtaking and truly moving true story about the man who walked on a wire between the Twin Towers. Incredibly inspiring, and proof that if you really want something the impossible can become achievable.
Go and be amazed, in cinemas now.
Posted By: Naomi
A unique and truly delicious blend of Japanese, Brazilian and Peruvian cuisine, music and design.
Hearty moquecas and colorful ceviches sit on the menu alongside simple miso soup and tender sashimi. SUSHISAMBA serves these traditional dishes, plus more inventive fare, including Sashimi Seviche, Sushi Salada, and our South American Beef Maki Roll. Wash this down with quality cocktails and a great wine list, and this is foodie heaven!
One of my all time favourite meals ever - if only there was one in London!
SUSHISAMBA
Posted By: Nick
Like me, the vinyl lovers amongst you will probably share a strange internal tug of war on this; is it apt retaliation or massively uncalled for? You decide!
Posted By: Natalie
Yulefest is a charming time of year in the Blue Mountains -- as cold as an English summer’s day (freezing) and as festive as a Bank Holiday. But still…the sentiment is there. You pull crackers, wear hats and eat a version of Christmas pudding (with apples and, erm, homemade Tooheys beer butter, a variation on brandy butter). Santa arrives and sings Australian Jingle Bells which talks about dashing through the ‘bush’, driving in a rusty Ute and the beach…the spirit of Christmas is alive and well. You finish the evening round a log fire, sweating and watching the most beautiful stars and Rudolph shoot across the sky.
Posted By: Suzanne
….it’s set to shake up the magazine industry.
Posted By: Clare
UK master turntablist DJ Yoda brought his Magic Cinema Show to Australia for the first time at the Smirnoff Experience secret parties, held in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in July. He uses a Pioneer SVM-1000 to mix and scratch visual samples from movies, cartoons and YouTube videos like The Simpsons, Rocky and of course Star Wars, with a little treat for the Aussie audiences – a soap wedding montage with scenes from Neighbours, Home & Away and E-Street!
Posted By: Mark
Now playing: 'Back From The Pub And Quite Pissed'
"Here's a mix I did last night, when I came back from the pub. It's called 'Back From The Pub And Quite Pissed' mix. Enjoy, Johnny Pictish x"An intoxicated tape by The Pictish Trail (Fence Records)
Coming up next week: 'Casillero del Diablo'
Mmmm....Posted By: Nick
Coming out of Dalston, hotter than a kofte skewer, we're proud to announce LIVING IN A DISCO will be upping sticks and debuting at Shoreditch’s new 2-floor wonder LAST DAYS OF DECADENCE on Friday 1st August. Headlining the proceedings will be disco dons du jour Mock & Toof. Knocking out beautifully wonky remixes for the likes of Hot Chip and Scissor Sisters amongst others, the guys’ solo releases, invariably with outstanding names (try “Black Jub” and “Big Hands For A Lady” for size) and tasty artwork, have earned the weighty approvals of DFA and Tiny Sticks. Their sound? Forget space disco, this is intergalactic jazz for anti-gravity dance floors.Upstairs in the bar, Jon Burnip (Tiger Timing/Capracara) will be throwing down warbling acidic grooves alongside Eames’ loose‘n’live bass-heavy disco. They’ll be commandeered by LIAD residents carving the usual smorgasbord of astro-electroid shuffle inducers and future house party classics. FRIDAY 1ST AUGUSTLast Days of Decadence145 Shoreditch High street E1 6JE9-3.30£5 Before 10, £7 After
Living in a Disco on MySpace
Posted By: Pete
Check out the first trailer from Watchmen, due out early 2009. Widely considered to be the best graphic novel ever made, Watchmen has been in various stages of production hell for over 10 years but is finally making it to the screen, courtesy of Zach Snyder (Dawn of the Dead, 300).
Posted By: Rax
What would Shakespeare be writing about if he were alive today and living in the backstreets of Camden? The answer stared me in the face last Sunday as I braved the weather to attend the world premiere of Ché Walker’s newest play The Frontline, performed at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on the Southbank.
Saturday night outside the tube: religion, strip bars, weed, crack, lost old men, unemployed actors and vegans all collide in a riptide of chaos on the streets of London. In this vibrant and blackly comic new play, a dozen private stories emerge, and their voices give utterance to a storm of subjects and feelings. Ché Walker, winner of the George Devine Award and playwright for the Royal Court, brings to the Globe stage a panorama of contemporary London.
The highlight for me was a five minute rant on how totally brilliant Marmite is and how in centuries to come, archeologists digging up the streets of London would come across the marvel that is yeast based vegetable spread. It had me laughing so much that had I not had a cheapo £5 standing ticket, I would surely have wet myself in the sitting gallery.
The Frontline Running 6 July - 17 August
Posted By: Sarah
The largest commercial airship is taking passengers on a journey above London’s landmarks, offering 1500 intrepid passengers the experience of a lifetime. Taking place between July 10th and August 21st you could be amongst a very limited number of pioneering guests to take this unprecedented airborne journey…
Posted By: Laura
With its stock frequently shown in the media and a huge celebrity following, this website boasts a huge collection of iconic retro images printed Tees & Hoodies . Whether you’re after Superman Coasters or t-shirts featuring your favourite 80s film (I currently have my name down for a Goonies t-shirt) there will definitely be something that takes your fancy!
Posted By: Rax
An amazing evening was curated by Melanie Abrahams at the Queen Elizabeth Hall (Southbank Sun July 13th) on the theme of ‘liming’ (the art of doing nothing) which was defined by one of the participants as ‘giving yourself to the world, but not necessarily the people in it.’ The programme brought together an eclectic mix of spoken word, poetry, music and DJs, with Ursula Rucker, Brian Patten, Patience Agbabi, Shlomo, Stacey Makishi and Louis Antwi.
The highlight of the evening (and I’m hard pressed to pick just one) was beatbox sensation Shlomo who, as artist in residence at the London Southbank Centre, didn’t fail to deliver an awesome, jaw-dropping performance which aroused a standing ovation from the packed auditorium. Shlomo also performed at the Smirnoff Electric Cabaret in London last year and recently performed at this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
The headlining act Ursula Rucker awed the audience with her extremely powerful presence on stage - blending Philadelphia slam poetry with soulful rifts. Stacey Makishi was another high point of the event - she performed one of the best pieces of live/interactive art I’ve seen in a while. Throughout her piece she blew in to her balloon until she reached the point in the story where her character would have to burst it. The whole audience was in uproar. Who’d have thought that a woman blowing in to a balloon could cause such a visceral response?
Posted By: Sarah
The new online ‘market’ sells fashion and accessories direct from Portobello Market and delivers them to your door. You can browse virtual stalls for cutting-edge designs, whilst the Let’s Trade section allows you to haggle with the online trader for bargains, so you can barter down to a price that suits.
Posted By: Ece
Tilda Swinton and Joel Coen have joined forces to stage the anti-Cannes – The Ballerina Ballroom Cinema of Dreams - a new film festival in which the entry fee is a tray of cakes. Held in an old ballroom in Nairn, works from Bjork to Polanski will be screened as guests are invited to lounge of bean bags.
Posted By: Naomi
Packed full of opulent paintings and interesting background on the architecture and design of the Viennese Secession, Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900 at Tate Liverpool runs until 31 August. The highlight is the celebrated Beethoven Frieze -- all several hundred feet of it.
Posted By: Gary
Check out the installation at the newly revamped BMW Museum in Munich in which 714 metal balls shape shift through a cycle of forms resembling the BMWs we know and love. The exhibition space celebrates the brand’s 90-year history—but what really resonates is how the new media content both informs and entertains.
Posted By: Gary
Street art legend Blek Le Rat tells the story of street art and how New York graffiti inspired him. One of the first artists to have an impact on the European scene, he pioneered the stencil style which has influenced many other artists. Joined by the street artist Rough, he’ll be providing an insight into the underground world of graffiti in the UK. This is one you don’t want to miss. Sponsored by Nissan QASHQAI, ‘The History of Street Art’ takes place at Tate Modern on Friday 1st August 2008 at 18.30–19.30.
The History of Street ArtPosted By: Emma G
One of the most spectacular contemporary art exhibitions in its 240th year, the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition combines a range of new work by established and unknown living artists. Sure to brighten up rainy summer days, the exhibition showcases more than 1,200 pieces of spectacular art, from weird and wonderful paintings to disturbing real life visuals. The room curated by Tracy Emin is a must see, mixing Emin style nudity art with shocking projection images that may leave you in a mist of emotions.
The Royal Academy Summer Exhbition
Posted By: Pete
Celebrating old Hollywood chic, Smirnoff Black Screenings kick-starts a two-month residency at Chelsea favourite Bluebird this week. Guests will view Hollywood film classics as they sip distinctively smooth Smirnoff Black cocktails evocative of the era. Taking inspiration from Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Rear Window, My Fair Lady & North By Northwest, the restaurant will undergo a glamorous 1950s makeover with stylish sun loungers, black and white striped parasols and staff in matching black and white summer uniforms. Smirnoff Black Screenings run every Wednesday until 27th August.
Posted By: naomi
Hosted last week at the exclusive La Cigalle nightclub, an electrifying Smirnoff Experience Paris featured the incomparable Mark Ronson and Duran Duran. From Girls on Film to Rio, the hits kept rolling out with even a few covers thrown in for good measure. A truly original and audacious night that will go down as a legendary gig!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=t_QPyorsknwPosted By: Naomi
The brilliant exhibition brings together the work of artists who create architecturally-inspired work: habitat-like structures and architectural environments. Explore The Hayward's spaces inside and out, including a room frozen in a moment of explosive disaster; tunnels linking galleries; an eerie but strangely beautiful village of over 200 dollhouses; a floating plastic cloud (which you can crawl around on/in and look down on people below) and a skyline boating pond! Great for both big and small people.
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/visual-arts/hayward-exhibitionsPosted By: Niki
As part of the London Festival of Architecture, bags full of salads, herbs and flowers will be placed around London to meet demand for local home grown produce. You can see the fruits of their labours at various locations, including VACANT LOT on Cheap Street. Seventy bags of soil have turned a dilapidated housing estate into a buzzing and fruitful community hub. Gordon Ramsay would be proud!
http://www.lfa2008.org/event.php?id=57&name=Grow+Bags%3A+Urban+Allotments
Posted By: Mark
Now playing: Frankenstein’s Monster Mix’ by Pete Hawkes
“A selection of freshly grave-robbed anatomical tunes, crudely stitched together to form a body of musical work for your enjoyment.”
Coming up next week....
"Dad Dancing 2": Following last week's Father's Day tribute, we return with a second edition of 'Dad Dancing' music. Big up to all you Splendid Dads out there - you made a second tape!
www.makeatape.com
Posted By: Shirin
A new blog covers what is practically becoming an art form: the prank. Urban Prankster posts the latest 'pranks, hacks, participatory art, flash mobs, and other creative endeavors that take place in public places in cities across the world.' They had us at hello.
Posted By: Kiran
Quite a nice little viral from the Pimm's lot…..
http://www.timeout.com/london/pimms/findpub.html
Posted By: Gareth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWF8KV4IW5o
Posted By: Nick
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Mr Reeling's This Is It....
Following on from last year's extraordinary Journey to the End of the Night, the Assistants bring you This is It... co-presented by K-Swiss for HIDE + SEEK FESTIVAL 2008. www.kspace.tv.
An exhilarating hybrid of Gideon Reeling's particular form of interactive entertainment and that old favourite, tag.
Surrender yourself to the night. Run through the streets of London attempting to avoid capture from people who are chasing you. If you are caught you become a chaser.
Your task is to negotiate a series of checkpoints around London, to not get caught by the dark forces and to liberate our special guest band in time to join Mr Reeling's opening Hide and Seek party.
The only forms of travel allowed are your own two feet and public transport. Be ready to run, ready to hide, Friends become foes in a heartbeat, be ready for the longest night.
Posted By: Nick
http://www.rockness.co.uk/Posted By: Liz
This is long but when you have a spare five minutes it is worth watching.
Posted By: Liz
£10 or less hand picked vintage!
http://www.theeastendthriftstore.com/
Posted By: Chris
German Metal band produce head banging fan song for Age of Conan championing the development team as Gods of War. Samples Arnie from the Conan the Barbarian film. User Generated Content at its finest – Brings new meaning to “Heads will Roll!”.
Gods of War - Linkin Purpz: http://community.ageofconan.com/conan/frontend/files/Linkin%20Purpz%20-%20Gods%20of%20War.mp3
Linkin Purpz on Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/linkinpurpz2008
Posted By: Shirin
This scene from the season finale of Mad Men shows how it’s done:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R2bLNkCqpuYPosted By: Chris
Half-dressed, low-polygonal women stab virtual men in the back instead of participating in the standard post-coital embrace.
http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/play/28006/PC/Age-of-Conan-Hyborian-Adventures
Posted By: Rax
Inspired by the amazing shop window display at Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge, we started wondering whatever happened to Spirograph – the Eighties’ phenomenon that instantly turned us all into psychedelic art prodigies. Well, if you fancy reliving the genius that is Spirograph, check out http://wordsmith.org/~anu/java/spirograph.html - a virtual version that is really addictive! For those of you wondering what a Spirograph is…A Spirograph is a curve formed by rolling a circle inside or outside of another circle. The pen is placed at any point on the rolling circle. If the radius of fixed circle is R, the radius of moving circle is r, and the offset of the pen point in the moving circle is O, then the equation of the resulting curve is defined by:
x = (R+r)*cos(t) - (r+O)*cos(((R+r)/r)*t)Posted By: Nick
Following on from a storming debut at the Star of Bethnal Green with nicest-man-in-dance-music Anu "Freeform Five" Pillai last month, we're returning to our Dalston residency for a good ol' basement knees-up….Posted By: Naomi
A revolutionary, award-winning animated film with powerful black-and-white images, graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi tells the story of her life as a rebellious and outspoken child growing up in Tehran under the Shah's regime and Islamic revolution. With a smart and sassy heroine and funny pop culture references, this is a wise coming-of-age story which will make you both laugh and cry.
Posted By: Naomi
Now playing: Proudlove's Four Seasons
http://www.makeatape.com/Posted By: Naomi
Best restaurant I have visited in a long time and can't wait to find a reason to go back
Posted By: Suzanne
Rangers' improbable trek to Wednesday's Uefa Cup final date with Zenit St Petersburg.
They have not reached this stage of a tournament since they beat Moscow Dynamo in the European Cup-Winners' Cup in Barcelona in 1972.
Come on Rangers!
Posted By: Haran
"Motivated by one man’s journey from the well-to-do, boat race loving west London haven of Putney to the dirty back alleys of Hoxton"
Coming up next week.....'Songs From The Sydney Office!' presented by Splendid, Australia.
Posted By: Shirin
The days of rejection from big publishing houses are gone with the advent of Blurb—“a creative publishing service simple and smart enough to make anyone an author”. Just download the software, add images and text, and promote (or buy) your own book…
Posted By: Ben
Perched on volcanic cliffs just down the road from Chris Blackwell’s gaff, jump off your balcony into the rock pools, and all for about the same price as the Hoxton Hotel.
Posted By: Mark
Posted By: Naomi
Apprenticewatch this week included a three-hour debate about where to place an apostrophe (with calls made to the Telegraph editor and the British Library to try and resolve the issue), a commitment to give “150%” effort, and an idea for greetings cards based on green issues and environmentalism…. Duh!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/newsarticle/cid/138.html